Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-23
FARM AND GARDEN.
THE Fly ON YOUNG ruRNIps

the ground should be kept loose b
frequent stirring with the hoe. Thi
not only keeps down weeds, but de
siroys the fly that eats the tende
leaves. Ii is the dust that fills il
breathing holes and thus suflocates il
In wet time, when there is no dust
lime, gypsum or wood ashes answe
the same purpose.
SWEET CORNsTALKs
AS fast rs green sweet corn is pickeC
the stalks should be given to cows
They are sweeter than those of ordina
nv corn. and with the ears make yer,
r'ch feed. They pay to grow for thi.
purpose alone. and many farmers SOW
sweet corn for soiling. claiming thai
rs greater sweetness makes up fol-
deficiency in quantity as compared
with the larger kinds.
INSECT POWDER FOR CHICKENS.
The mortality among young chickens
IN hot weather is chiefly due to lice A
yer, little insect powder busted among
The feathers on neck. head. back and
side will XIII all vermn. The chicken
alter the operation shakes itself thor.
oughly, thus busting its entire BODY.
ce at this season leave old fowls for
The tender chicks, which they soon Kill
If left alone.
DRIVING AWAY POTATO BUGS.
The strong odor of gas tar mixed
with water is repellent to potato bugs.
by many farmers this is preferred to
Paris green as being safer to handle.
IL Is not certain how this works. II
does not kill the bugs, for none are
found dead under the vines. 1t is quite
likely that it DISCUSSES the potato so
that the beetle does not recognize it as
the natural food of its offspring.
SIDE HILLS OUTLYING WITH RAINS.
Long cultivated fields gully badly in
Summer rains. The soil is less porous
and does not sink down as it used to do
when the country was new. Ii sod is
plowed straight up and down tho hill
water from each rain will sink under
the furrow where it fell and be carried
down. IL plowed across the natural
tall, the burrows dam up the water un-
III 1t gets force enough to break
through. This causes most of the
Iullies.
PIGS ROOFING IN ORCHARDS
Young pigs should generally be left
inrlnged. What roofing they will do
VIII be more beneficial than otherwise
Did hogs sometimes develop tast for
he bark of apple roots and NAV do
iamage. They VII almost certainly
nJure the trees by throwing up hog
valIows, alternating with ridges. COW
ring some roots too deeply and leav-
ne some exposed to freezing or TO be
renched by water setting in the hol-
Ows,
THINNING GRAPES.
Some varieties of short -jo nted grape
mes are especially liable TO overbear.
he Delaware is one Of these. II will
ct three and even four punches on
ach of its closely clustered branches
the current years growth. All ex-
ept two should be taken off. and if tho
Inc seems feeble, one bunch to a shoot
lay be all that will ripen. If allowed
overbear. the Delaware excellent as
Is when perfect, will mildew and re-
lse to rlpen.
sTUNTED PIGS.
In any other animal than pig
'iclency in growth may be COM
'nsated by excellence in some other
reciion. We notice that small 20
'es not detract from the price of
'rsey COWS. But pig is built for
aking meat cheaply, and if he fails in
IS. his value is little or nothing.
lere are large and small breeds of
'gs, but the small breed mature quick
and are easily fattened, thus making
EN- preferable to the so-called larger
eeds of slower growth.
WAR PRICES OF COTTON.
ne last year OF the war. cotton sold
seventy-seven cents a pound. but :
On after rapidly declined. Its price {
late years has averaged lower than {
ring slavery times, and planters say
is grown as cheaply now as before
, war. During the high prices.
lie the Southern supply was cut of.
gland did all she could TO encourage
ton growing in India and in Egypt
the product was so inferior that
supremacy of American cotton is
sin assured. We can grow good
ton more cheaply than any other
ntry.
EARLY AND LATE POTATOES.
,arly potatoes have generally short
season of growth than the late varie- =
. They mature during hot wealth
and ripen so rapidly that the yield
Unfinished. Unless sold very early, -.
y are less profitable than late pota- :,
: which yield enough more to often :,
le up for the difference in price. -
there is one way in which early ~